POWDERHAÜS パウダーハウス @Powderhaus

Where there is no production of renewed becoming, there is no future birth, aging, and death, thus no sorrow, affliction, or despair.

“Peace exists within you at all times. Just stop and breathe. Find your center.”

What is mathematics, really? Mathematician David Bessis joins me to argue that math isn't about numbers in a Platonic realm or a meaningless game of symbols—it's a cognitive technology for rewiring your brain. We explore why the official definitions of mathematics have been unresolved for 2,300 years, why understanding something means finding it obvious, and how the gap between a beginner and Terence Tao looks less like genetic destiny and more like compound interest on intuition. When asked what mathematics fundamentally is, his answer cuts through millennia of philosophy: it's what happens in your head when you pretend something is true until it feels real.

I have some news. Less than five years after starting this YouTube channel, I was contacted by the Brockman Agency. They represent some esteemed people, such as Leonard Susskind, Max Tegmark, and Sean Carroll. They enjoyed my podcasts on physics / philosophy / AI, especially the ones where I gave my own thoughts on the matter, such as how I think many people misinterpret Gödel’s incompleteness theorem (I’ll leave a link in the comment section to that). They wanted to know if I was interested in writing a book, and I pitched them an idea I’ve had for a couple of years. Without spoiling anything, it’s about various theories of reality and how to see the proverbial forest from the trees. More accurately, rather than zooming upward to see the forest, you zoom inward to see the various roots, their intersections, their disconnections, their limits, and their extensions. It’s an ambitious book and I didn’t think anyone would go for it, let alone even get it! Well, fast forward a few months to last week, and I’m so excited (and terrified) to say that Penguin Press has signed a deal to publish this book. You should expect it in two years or so. I couldn’t have done it without the Brockman Agency, without Penguin, without the channel’s guests, and importantly, without YOU. Thank you dearly. I hope to deliver something impressive and unlike anything you’ve read before. - Curt

朝の光の中で見る、大巻伸嗣によるインスタレーション《Liminal Air Space-Time》。開館直後の静かな展示室では、冬ならではの凛とした空気がより際立って感じられる気がします。 #SPRINGわきあがる鼓動

MIT physicists observed the first clear evidence that quarks create a wake as they speed through quark-gluon plasma, confirming the plasma behaves like a liquid. physics.mit.edu/?p=23616 #YenJieLee #KrishnaRajagopal

Plum Blossoms and Cranes, by Ito Jakuchu, 18th century

Setting Sun, Ichinokura, Ikegami, from Twenty Views of Tokyo, by Kawase Hasui

I asked physicist Jacob Barandes off‑air, “What is the most inspirational advice you’ve received?” He showed me this one page from this one book. I’ll transcribe it: The Camel had her heart set on becoming a ballet dancer. “To make every movement a thing of grace and beauty,” said the Camel. “That is my one and only desire.” Again and again she practiced her pirouettes, her relevés, and her arabesques. She repeated the five basic positions a hundred times each day. She worked for long months under the hot desert sun. Her feet were blistered, and her body ached with fatigue, but not once did she think of stopping. At last the Camel said, “Now I am a dancer.” She announced a recital and danced before an invited group of camel friends and critics. When her dance was over, she made a deep bow. There was no applause. “I must tell you frankly,” said a member of the audience, “as a critic and a spokesman for this group, that you are lumpy and humpy. You are baggy and bumpy. You are, like the rest of us, simply a camel. You are not and never will be a ballet dancer!” Chuckling and laughing, the audience moved away across the sand. “How very wrong they are!” said the Camel. “I have worked hard. There can be no doubt that I am a splendid dancer. I will dance and dance just for myself.” That is what she did. It gave her many years of pleasure. Satisfaction will come to those who please themselves. I hope you too find this inspiration. Hang in there, and have at it. curtjaimungal.com

What is "entropic gravity"? curtjaimungal.com This is a story about Erik Verlinde. However, to talk about him and how he changed how some view the very nature of what gravity is, we need to set the stage…

"The quieter you become, the more you can hear."

日没後の展示室で撮影した、大巻伸嗣による《Liminal Air Space-Time》。日没の早い冬は、閉館時間近くになると昼間とは違った表情に。この季節だからこそ見ることのできる光景です。 #SPRINGわきあがる鼓動

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“Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength.” This single quote by American philosopher Eric Hoffer explains so much of online discourse.

"Inhale the present, exhale the past.”

Chladni plate visualizer with 200k particles to celebrate the new year. #AudioVisual #b3d

#cavalry to #TouchDesigner 参考→ Scene Group / cavalry (scenery.io/scenes/concent…) TDファイル→ (github.com/tsumikiroom/20…)

#touchdesigner TDfile→(github.com/tsumikiroom/20…)